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To My Family, Who Said They Wouldn’t Marry Someone With Bipolar Disorder
Firstly, let me just clarify: I do not have bipolar disorder, but I do seriously struggle with four or five mental illnesses and conditions and have struggled with more in the past. I don’t believe that having bipolar disorder says anything about your character. It doesn’t make you a bad person or a criminal. It doesn’t mean that you can’t hold down a job and or pay bills, and it certainly doesn’t mean that you can’t have a loving happy family and should be “locked up.” I may not have bipolar, but I do have other mental illnesses. I know that stereotypes and assumptions are not true. I know that it is something you struggle with every day and that it is not a choice.
